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Originally posted by Sundancer7

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Originally posted by brisketboy

My one and only experiencewith Saltgrass was a very bitter experience. I took my wife there for a birthday dinner and when she tried to order a glass of wine. We were informed that this was only sold by the bottle. Ok fine. To my amazement I could buy the same bottle at HEB for 8 bucks and got charged 23 bucks for the privilige of buying it at Saltgrass. To add insult to injury some one scammed my credit card number and made a few unauthorized purchases. I am not saying this is limited to Saltgrass this type of scam is mostly in the restauraunt trade. And buy the way the food wasn’t that great. I’ll eat lutefisk before I go back to Saltgrass.[:(!]

Three times retail is not unusual for wine in a restaurant. I’m not saying that is right, just common. It is the reason I rarely order wine when going out.

Good move and neither do I unless someone with lotsa money is buying. I have my cocktails in the room or at home if someone else is driving.

I understand that the restaurants have got to make their money but I travel and I would have a very hard time tacking on wine with a meal.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

Like any good Southerner I begin any fine dining experience with a Wild Turkey neat. After that tastebud numbing libation any "fine wine" is a waste of money!

American restaurants and California vintners have been successful in building a "wine cult" that is laughed at in Paris where the only people that pay the big buck for wine are vacationing Saudis!